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Lesson 8: Productivity comes from CEE’s new and revised Third Edition of High School Economics. The course provides teachers with 28 engaging lessons. All lessons have been field-tested and align with the Voluntary National Standards in Economics and Common Core State Standards (ELA and Math).

In this video, watch Andrea Caceres-Santamaria, from Seminole Ridge Community High School, demonstrate how to properly guide a classroom through Lesson 8.

Lesson 8 has three Objectives:

Define Labor Productivity as output per worker.

Explain how the division of labor and investment in human capital and capital goods improves productivity.

Explain why increased productivity is important to the economy and individuals.

Click here to discover more about the Third Edition of High School Economics.

The recent launch of Math in the Real World, our new teacher resource on EconEdLink, caught the attention of education bloggers at Getting Smart, giving it rave reviews:

“I was impressed by the seamless integration of both economics and mathematics content …. This is a great set of resources to encourage and support teachers in bridging the gap between content and life skills, and the comprehensive lesson plans allow teachers to jump right in with minimal planning on their part.”

Last month The Labor Department reported that unemployment rates have fallen in 42 states–another sign that the overall US economy is making a significant recovery. However, while the current gains in the economy are encouraging, financial literacy still needs to remain a top priority for national and state educators.

Many policy makers and organizations like CEE have been working to educate students about their personal finance for many years. But this last recession seems to have magnified the issue for many Americans.

Many adults struggle to understand the basics of stock market investment. The next generation does not have to be so financially illiterate thanks to the efforts of the Stocks in the Future organization.

The organization provides middle-schools a financial investment program that rewards students with real money which the students then invest in companies like Coca-Cola and Facebook. When the students graduate they gain full ownership of their stock portfolios.

The Council for Economic Education hosted its 9th Annual Visionary Awards dinner last October. The dinner is an annual celebration honoring leaders who promote economic and financial literacy to create a better-informed society.

David Wessel, Director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at The Brookings Institution and Contributing Correspondent to The Wall Street Journal.

Master of Ceremonies Steve Liesman, CNBC Senior Economics Reporter, led the night’s Fireside Chat covering such topics as the United States’ road to recovery, the broader role banks will have in the economy, and the public perception of President Obama’s handling of the economy.

This week, CEE was all over the national news, with multiple articles appearing in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal:

CNBC’s Jean Chatzky, Time and PwC announced the launch of a new publication called Your $, a financial literacy-focused magazine geared toward middle schoolers. New York Times sought out experts in the industry to comment, including our CEO Nan J. Morrison. To read the full article and see what Nan has to say, click here.

While the Wall Street Journal cited CEE’s Survey of the States not once, but twice: here and here.